失しっ脚きゃく

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失脚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

fall from power; downfall; losing one's position

Used for political or organizational downfall, often due to scandal or failure. Implies a loss of influence or status, not just a job change.

〈事こと〉で失しっ脚きゃくするto fall from power due to something (e.g. a scandal)
大だい統とう領りょうは汚お職しょく事じ件けんで失しっ脚きゃくした。
The president fell from power due to a corruption scandal.
〈人ひと〉を失しっ脚きゃくさせるto bring about someone's downfall from power
反はん対たい派はは首しゅ相しょうを失しっ脚きゃくさせようとした。
The opposition tried to bring down the prime minister.
失しっ脚きゃくに追おい込こまれるto be forced into a fall from power
彼かれはスキャンダルで失しっ脚きゃくに追おい込こまれた。
He was forced into a fall from power by the scandal.

失しっ職しょく
失職 refers to losing one's job or employment in general, while 失脚 specifically means losing power or a position of influence, often in politics.
没ぼつ落らくN1
没落 describes a gradual decline or ruin, often of a family or business, whereas 失脚 is a sudden loss of power or position.
退たい陣じん
退陣 means stepping down from a leadership post, often voluntarily or under pressure, while 失脚 implies a more forced or scandal-driven fall from power.
左さ遷せんN1
左遷 refers to being demoted to a lower position, whereas 失脚 usually means a complete loss of power or status.

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陥かん落らく
失脚 means losing one's position or power (often through scandal or defeat), while 陥落 more broadly covers any drop in rank or standing, including sports rankings.
下げ野や
失脚 implies being forced out of power, often through scandal or defeat, whereas 下野 is more neutral and can describe a voluntary or expected loss of office.
倒とう閣かく
失脚 refers to an individual politician's fall from power, while 倒閣 targets the cabinet or government as a whole.

復ふっ権けん
復権 means regaining lost power or status, the opposite of 失脚, which is losing it.
就しゅう任にんN2
就任 means taking up a position of power, the opposite process of 失脚, which is losing that position.
返かえり咲ざき
失脚 means falling from power or losing one's position, the opposite of 返り咲き, which means regaining a former position.

失しっ格かくN1
失脚 means falling from a position of power or influence, not being disqualified like 失格, despite the similar sound and kanji.

Compound of 失 (lose) and 脚 (leg, footing), literally 'lose one's footing', metaphorically extended to losing one's position or power.